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EAST TIMOR

-East Timor, aka Timor Leste, is located in southeastern Asia, northwest of Australia, at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. It has an area of 14,874 km. -male: 42.39 deaths/1,000 live births -female: 30.88 deaths/1,000 live births -male: 65.85 years -female: 70.81 years
 * Population:  1,143,667
 * birth rate:  25.43 births/1,000 population
 * death rate:  5.86 deaths/1,000 population
 * net migration rate:  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
 * infant mortality rate:  36.78 deaths/1,000 live births
 * <span style="color: #ef706b; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">population growth rate: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 1.957%
 * <span style="color: #ef706b; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">life expectancy: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 68.27 years
 * <span style="color: #ef706b; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">doubling time: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;"> 35.8 years

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">-East Timor’s population is the 159th of the world, its size over 7 times smaller than the population of Honduras. It has the 27th highest birth rate and is the 152nd in death rate, but this is average considering it is a LEDC. The net migration is 0, since its not negative it means there are not more people leaving than coming in; it indicates that the amount of people moving in and out of the country is pretty much the same, it is stable. It is one of the most undeveloped countries in the world and its inhabitants don’t have much access to medical facilities/health care, it is probably due to this that the infant mortality rate (higher than Irans 41.11 only by 0.29) is so high and that the life expectancy is not. In spite of this, it is in the process of building up a strong administrative system and it has potential for building up a strong tourism sector, work is also being done for improvement (organizations like UNICEF); these previously mentioned factors could be influential to the population growth rate, which is high. Another factor also affecting population growth rate is that it was not until recent years that some of the refuges returned to the country. Its doubling time is 35.8 years, a shorter period than Honduras that has a doubling time of 38.9 years.

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">-East Timor is in the late Stage 2 of the Demographic Transition Model. This stage is characterized by population growth, death rate dropping due to better sanitation and health care, though the birth rate stays the same. It is a LEDC (Less Economically Developed Country).

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">-One of the major factors still affecting the country’s population is the event that took place in the late 1990’s when its economy was laid to waste by Indonesian troops and anti independence militias; as this occurred over 260,000 people fled the country, after different efforts, by 2004, over 50,000 of the refugees had returned. But this factor still affects the country, especially because of its impact on the economy (it has one of the lowest incomes per capita). Another factor is that the degree of risk of major infectious diseases is very high. Food and waterborne diseases like hepatitis, typhoid, diarrhea and diseases like malaria, dengue and many others all circulate the country. Famine is also a problem, 40.6% of children under 5 are underweight.



<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Renee Rosenthal

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">References: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tt.html <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- http://easttimorgovernment.com/economy.htm <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">- http://www.mapsofworld.com/timor-leste/information/